Gay industry producer and performer Michael Lucas has filed a lawsuit against 65 John Doe defendants seeking to halt the file-sharing of “Missing,” the gay suspense thriller filmed on location in Barcelona and released this past May from Lucas Entertainment.

According to a story reported on www.xbiz.com, the suit was filed at U.S. District Court in Dallas on Saturday. It alleges that the individuals initiated their infringement on bit torrent site www.gay-torrents.net.

Evan Stone, Lucas’ attorney, said in the suit that he is hopeful that the IP addresses used in the bit torrent application will lead to the identification of each defendant’s true name through discovery as well as the identification of additional infringing parties. According to Stone those names would also be added to the list of defendants in the suit.

The suit seeks an injunction against the defendants, as well as damages and attorneys fees.

Lucas said that he has decided to take a “more forceful approach with these sites and their users” rather than a passive one.

“You only have to put Lucas Entertainment on a Google Alert to see the rampant piracy all over the Internet,” he said.